Video game journalist Jason Schreier's top 10 games of 2024 list (www.bloomberg.com)

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Runners-up: Tactical Breach Wizards, Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree, UFO 50, Indiana Jones and the Great Circle

Top 10 (in no particular order):

Balatro
Animal Well
Nine Sols
Final Fantasy VII Rebirth
Metaphor: ReFantazio
Secrets of Grindea
Astro Bot
The Rise of the Golden Idol
Ace Attorney Investigations 2: Prosecutor’s Gambit
Dragon Quest III HD-2D Remake

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[-] Coskii@lemmy.blahaj.zone 11 points 4 days ago

I had heard absolutely nothing about Secrets of Grindea, but it looks like a game that's right up my alley, so it's been grabbed.

[-] OutlierBlue@lemmy.ca 3 points 2 days ago

Holy crap they finished it back in Feb! I bought it a decade ago now and it's just been hanging out in my library since then.

[-] lazycouchpotato@lemmy.world 5 points 4 days ago

Same! Glad I was introduced to it as well.

[-] smeenz@lemmy.nz 5 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

I've never heard of, nor played, any of those games (other than being superficially aware of the final fantasy series).

I guess I live under a rock.

[-] Kelly@lemmy.world 26 points 4 days ago

astro bot (4 titles over 11 years), dragon quest (11 titles over 38 years), ace attorney (11 titles over 23 years), or balatro (winning best indie game at both the game awards and the golden joysticks this year)?

It must be a big rock?!

[+] smeenz@lemmy.nz -16 points 4 days ago

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[-] Kelly@lemmy.world 22 points 4 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

Of the OP list astro bot is ps5 only, final fantasy has a PC release scheduled for january and the rest are currently available on steam.

[-] Elevator7009sAlt@ani.social 4 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

Ace Attorney was a GBA/DS series for awhile.

However, Ace Attorney Investigations 2: Prosecutor’s Gambit was something that went untranslated (officially, there was a fan patch) for a long time. Fan translation came out 2014, official translation 2024. The base game came out in Japan in 2011 for the DS. It's definitely not new so I'm not sure it goes on a 2024 list. On the other hand, seeing this series get acknowledged is pretty cool so…

I also live under a rock. I do not play console, and although I do play some mobile games I'm very uninformed about what most of them are. I have heard of Balatro, the Dragon Quest series in general, Astro Bot, the Final Fantasy series in general, and Metaphor: ReFantazio. I clearly know about Ace Attorney. The other games are totally new to me.

[-] echodot@feddit.uk 0 points 3 days ago

Are you sure you live in the same universe as the rest of us?

None of them are mobile games. Many of them are on Steam right now and have been available on Steam for months.

[-] Katana314@lemmy.world 3 points 3 days ago

Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth looks really good. I can’t wait until it’s done so I can play it.

[-] JusticeForPorygon@lemmy.world 4 points 3 days ago

I'm out of the loop why the downvotes

[-] Uruanna@lemmy.world 4 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

Rebirth is already out, but it's still exclusive to the PS5. The PC port was announced for early 2025 I think. so OP is either making a jab at Rebirth not being available on PC because PC players hate exclusives, or they're just saying they're waiting for the 3rd part of the remake trilogy (probably to be expected some time in 2027), which is what a number of players are doing.

[-] VindictiveJudge@lemmy.world 3 points 3 days ago

Personally, I started on the first part of the remake trilogy, then stopped when I realized how annoyed I would be about waiting for the sequels. So now I'm waiting for all of it to be out on Steam before I start again.